VDAB The concept of the transitional labour market
VDAB The concept of the transitional labour market and career service www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
Vision Career Service 1 Mission VDAB 2 3 4 5 Expected evolutions of labour market and society Concept of the transitional labour market Vision career policy Vision VDAB career service www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
1 Mission VDAB The management agreement 2005 -2009 contains the short-term objectives of the VDAB which involve: • Matching of demand supply on the labour market • Approach: guiding jobseekers and training them towards jobs that are in demand on the labour market www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
2 Expected evolutions of labour market and society • • • Internationalization Individualization Career differentiation Informatization Intensification of knowledge Increasing diversity Greying Today’s children are tomorrow’s clients Increasing attention for sustainability www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
3 Concept of the transitional labour market The activation approach: • Focus one-sidedly on work • Less accentuated: • • • Quality of labour Labour organization Lifelong learning Competency management Non-formal labour Relationship between labour and non-labour www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
3 Concept of the transitional labour market Transitional labour market: • Transitions outside the labour market not merely periods of non-labour • Key concepts: participation and variation, wich form a crossroad where four roads meet: - More participation - More variation in participation - More participation in variation -> Diagramme 1: macro-level labour market -> Diagramme 2: micro-level transitional career www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
Diagramme 1: Macro-level labour market Care/leisure time Combination labour-family Education Work LLL-investing in Human Capital Optimal use / competency management Unemployment Employability www. vdab. be 0800 30 700 Pension/Retirement Work longer but differently
Diagramme 2: Micro-level transitional career Competencies related to the execution of het occupation (transversal and sectoral) work Learning competencies education Individual person family Citizenship competencies society www. vdab. be 0800 30 700 Social communicative and normative cultural competencies
4 Vision career policy • In the transitional labour market: an explicit career policy: Facilitate the citizen and support him actively where necessary in his or her transitions and career choices • Effects career policy on the labour market: ü Increasing activity degree ü Higher labour market mobility ü More qualitative job turnover ü Increasing employability ü Higher participation of ‘opportunity’ groups www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
5 Vision VDAB Career Service • The Flemish Government: the development of a universal career service with: – ethical principles and – a strong, public director’s role with public-private cooperation • Mission statement: – As career director: • creating the conditions for all citizens in Flandres that allow them to fully use their competencies on the labour market and in the society – As service provider: • assisting citizens at the development of their career in complementariness with the services provided by other actors www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
5 Vision VDAB Career Service Directorship • = ‘the creation of possibilities for the citizen and the companies to be able to use competencies on the labour market’ • Result areas: ü Operational strategy ü Wide basis ü Transparently integrated offer ü A set of tools ü Guaranteed and equal universal service and first-line support • Success factor: an open-mindedness of each collaborator www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
5 Vision VDAB Career Service Actor • = the support of citizens and companies at the realizations of transitions ánd the reinforcement of competencies of citizens in view of current and future transitions • Result areas: ü Markt-conform offer of specialized services ü Markt-conform offer of specialized vocational screening ü Meet and fill existing sector lacks ü An offer where necessary to stimulate literacy skills ü Support of other actors ü Coaching attitude with focus on the self-directive power of every citizen www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
5 Vision VDAB Career Service Acto • Success factors: ü Alert, manoeuvrable actor which can smoothly respond to the labour market movements ü Innovative actor which is prepared to leave ‘old’ habits and structures when a new service requires so ü Network organization which is capable of creating a maximal and comprehensive offer for the citizens in cooperation with market players www. vdab. be 0800 30 700
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